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Julian Assange, founder of Wikileaks, could be facing prosecution in the US. According to Peter Spiro, a professor at Temple's Beasley School of Law, the Espionage Act of 1917 gives the government all it needs to bring charges against Assange. However, questions over possible First Amendment issues will likely deter the Justice Department from charging Assange and Wikileaks. "If this material had been given directly to the New York Times, and the Times had published it, a clear, established media outlet — a mainstream, traditional media outlet — I doubt we'd be talking about the espionage act."